2003 Decriminalization Patients 
The Cannigma
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Medical: legal (only Sativex available) Recreational: illegal, decriminalized. While recreational cannabis is not legal in Belgium, possession of up to three grams by an adult over 18 is decriminalized and punishable by only a fine. There are increasing calls to fully legalize and regulate the cannabis plant, beyond decriminalization.
The Cannigma
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Medical: illegal Recreational: illegal (possession of up to 6 grams was decriminalized in 2004). A 2003 country profile by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that cannabis “remains the most abused drug,” and that Russian authorities estimate that cannabis grows wild in the country over a million hectares.
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The Cannigma
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. In 2003, the Netherlands legalized medical cannabis. What does Dutch law permit for medical patients? Medical marijuana patients can also attain CBD oil with a prescription at Dutch pharmacies.
Cannabis Law Report
APRIL 14, 2019
Dean, who served five two-year terms from 1991 to 2003 as Vermont governor, was against all of it. In 2003, when Dean was running for president, he said on his campaign website that decriminalizing drugs would send “a very bad message to young people.”
SpeedWeed
JUNE 2, 2021
Doctors will also be able to recommend medical pot to minors with ASD, but only if they can confirm that the patient has not responded to conventional medications or treatments. New Hampshire did decriminalize minor pot possession back in 2017, but lawmakers have failed to advance a full adult-use legalization bill.
Veriheal
MARCH 29, 2023
1, 2003, to Dec. 31, 2017, researchers relied heavily on data related to member enrollment information, diagnostic codes, and pharmacy claims integrated with a secure patient identifier. The results of this study do not support the argument that decriminalization will lead to an increase in psychosis.
Cannabis Law Report
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) response to an attorney’s letter seeking advice and guidance on how a physician could administer psilocybin to a terminally ill patient without incurring liability under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Case Context.
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